Melanie's Why: Organizations thrive when their people and culture thrive. She will partner with you to achieve your goals while prioritizing people first so they and your organization will continue to prosper.Melanie partners with leaders to overcome obstacles and achieve their goals through business strategy and organizational culture guidance. She delivers dynamic keynotes, interactive workshops, and customized consulting services designed to empower leaders and their teams. Her approach helps organizations gain clarity, boost efficiency, enhance experiences, and improve overall performance. Although Melanie specializes in supporting women leaders, she welcomes the opportunity to collaborate with all leaders.Melanie is a former corporate executive with 25+ years of extensive experience from three top-tier organizations, Northwestern Mutual, CNA Insurance Company and Pricewaterhouse Coopers. Others describe her as a strategic, results-oriented leader with a keen ability to adapt and excel in new environments, leveraging a diverse skill set as Chief of Staff and in corporate strategy, program management, financial planning and analysis, consulting and accounting to bring a unique perspective. Her expertise driving inclusive work environments includes notable achievements in establishing a D&I council for a 1000+ organization and leading the nationally recognized Women's Employee Resource Group at Northwestern Mutual. She also helped leaders develop their D&I strategy. She is a DEI Board of Director at Metro Milwaukee Society of Human Resource Management and a member of the Professional Development Committee for TEMPO Milwaukee.